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Stadium Tech Report

October 2nd, 2026

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Top stories from week ending 9/25/26

STADIUM TECHNOLOGY NEWS AT&T, Cowboys extend stadium technology partnership AT&T and the Dallas Cowboys have extended their partnership supporting connectivity and digital experiences at AT&T Stadium. New features for the 2026 season include app and kiosk-based wayfinding, augmented and mixed reality fan activities, and priority network access available to attendees regardless of their mobile carrier. Read more here. Virginia Tech...

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Ohio Stadium embraces AI-managed Wi-Fi with Juniper Mist Wi-Fi 7 upgrade

Ohio Stadium, home to one of the biggest, highest-performing stadium Wi-Fi networks anywhere, will now be leading the large-venue market into an AI-managed future with a Juniper Mist-powered Wi-Fi 7 upgrade that is already underway. According to technology executives at The Ohio State University, a campus-wide strategic initiative in 2025 to move all Wi-Fi platforms to an AI-based network management...

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Top Stories from week ending 6/19/26

STADIUM TECHNOLOGY NEWS Commanders seek AI partners for new stadium and entertainment district The Washington Commanders have issued a request for information seeking AI capabilities that could be integrated into their planned $3.65 billion stadium and surrounding mixed-use development. The team is exploring how artificial intelligence could enhance fan engagement, venue operations, security, infrastructure management, and commercial activations as it...

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Editorial

Measuring what never happened

How sports venues are moving from dashboards to decisions If a fan enters a concession line, waits several minutes, and leaves without buying anything, how much revenue did the venue lose? The answer exists but finding it will require some digging. At every game, some fans wait in ticketing or concession lines and ultimately walk away without making a purchase....

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Editorial

Stop hiring AI interns: your venue deserves better

Nine years of running AI agents across hundreds of venues has taught me one thing: the technology is never the hard part. Every week, I sit across from a stadium executive holding a list. Twenty items, sometimes thirty, are on their AI wish list. While the list is always ambitious, it’s almost never organized around what the venue actually needs....

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Editorial

From broadcast booth to AI fabric: why stadiums are becoming technology platforms

Stadiums have historically treated broadcast, IT, and building systems as separate domains, each justified and optimized on its own terms. This approach has led to duplicated infrastructure, fragmented data, and operational complexity that continually increases as new systems and functions are added. To simplify operations and cut costs, a new model is emerging in which systems share a common IP-based...

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